Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

Although Nanhua's control over Jiaoben is all-round, since the rise of Jiaoben's economy, the Ugly Country has also become more and more concerned about the country of Jiaoben.

Although Nanhua has the first-mover advantage, the problem is that Chou Country controls the Northern Island of the Foot Basin. Relying on that island, more than 40% of the grain and more than 20% of the vegetables in the Foot Basin market are now provided by the Northern Island.

If we take into account the other part of Chouguo's share in the Jiaoben food market, it can be said that Chouguo and Nanhua equally divide the Jiaoben people's food market.

With this advantage, the Ugly Country has had an increasingly greater influence on China in recent years, especially in the financial field. The capitalists on Wall Street have even opened their banks in China.

Originally, Nanhua was planning to stop the people from the Ugly Country from snatching the foot basin market from Nanhua through this method. Unfortunately, Nanhua used many methods but still failed to stop the Ugly Country people's tricks.

There is no way. After the Japanese were defeated, the foot basin became a place jointly managed by Nanhua and Chouguo.

However, the affairs in Jiaoben had nothing to do with Sun Tong. If Sun Jingwen could handle it well, he would handle it. If he couldn't handle it well, then Nanhua would just have to divide the territory with Chouguo. As for the Jiaoben government, they had no room to speak.

"Old man, tomorrow is the funeral of Duke Sailan, don't forget it."

So many years have passed, and the old people who originally followed Sun Tong have also begun to die.

Several elderly people have passed away in the past few years, but these people were not considered core members of Sun Tong’s entrepreneurial team, so Sun Tong would not be too sad.

But Fang Zhiyuan is different. He is one of the first few people to follow Sun Tong. It can be said that he is the person closest to Sun Tong except for the original housekeeper Lin Youcheng and Huang Ma.

Now Lin Youcheng and Huang Ma are both still alive and well, but Fang Zhiyuan, who was much younger than them, left this world before them.

"I'll never forget you. Tomorrow, all three of you should come with me to attend Lao Fang's funeral. This old guy has been with me for so many years, and his only wish before he died was to have a splendid funeral. I must satisfy him on this point."

When he was first conferred a title, Fang Zhiyuan was only conferred the title of Marquis, but later when he retired, Sun Tong still conferred him the title of Duke.

Considering the size of the Nanhua Empire, there are only twelve dukes even now. In terms of honor alone, Sun Tong has already done him justice.

In fact, Fang Zhiyuan didn't have much to think about before he died. After all, through the development over the years, the Fang family had long become the top family in Nanhua. In addition, their family had the title of duke. In the early years, Fang Zhiyuan even moved his ancestral tombs and relatives in his hometown to Nanhua. What else could he pursue?

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Duke of Palawan requests an audience!"

"Let him come."

"Your subject, Carl Channing, pays respect to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"No need to be polite, just find a place to sit!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Why did you come to my place today? Is it for Lao Fang's funeral?"

Karl is about the same age as Fang Zhiyuan, and his physical condition is even worse than Fang Zhiyuan's. But who could have thought that Fang Zhiyuan would die just like that? This scared the old man Karl to death.

"Your Majesty, will you attend Lao Fang's funeral tomorrow?"

"I have to go. My old friend has been with me for a long time. It would be unreasonable if I don't see him off before I leave."

"Your Majesty, be merciful. If I am no longer around, will you go?"

"Why, in a hurry to die?"

"That's not the case. I haven't lived long enough yet. But no matter what, I'm 79 now. No one can tell how many years I have left to live. So isn't this just giving you an advance estimate?"

"If that day really comes, I dare not say anything else, but I guarantee that the scale of your funeral will not be any worse than Lao Fang's. After all, you are all dukes of the empire, so the proper size should be guaranteed."

Although the title system of the Nanhua Empire is not as complicated as those of the old empires, the number of nobles in Nanhua is no less. Tomorrow, all the nobles of the empire will be present in person to attend Fang Zhiyuan's funeral.

According to the Ministry of the Interior's prior statistics, the number of people attending the funeral tomorrow will be at least 20 million. If we include the public who are curious, it is not impossible that there will be 100,000 or 80,000 people on the scene.

If there are so many people at the scene, then how to maintain order at the scene becomes an extremely important matter.

Fang Zhiyuan's funeral this time can be regarded as accumulating experience of state funeral for the empire. Birth, aging, sickness and death are inevitable. It is foreseeable that in the future, the country will definitely hold many funerals of this scale, so everyone has to adapt in advance!